Timeline of events in Jayme Closs case

Oct. 15: Barron County Sheriff’s Office receives a frantic 911 call at 1 a.m. asking for help at a home just outside Barron, Wis. When they arrive, they find the bodies of 56-year-old James Closs and 46-year-old Denise Closs. Their daughter, 13-year-old Jayme, is gone. She was last seen on Oct. 14 at a family function. Jayme “is missing from the residence” and her life “is considered endangered,” Sheriff Chris Fitzgerald says at a news conference later that day. An Amber Alert is issued. A tip from Miami is dismissed.

Jan. 10, 2019: Closs is found alive in the town of Gordon, Wis., at 4:43 p.m. One minute later, a suspect is arrested.

Jan. 11, 2019: A 21-year-old man from rural Wisconsin was identified and jailed as the suspect who killed the parents of 13-year-old Jayme Closs and abducted the teen from the family's home near Barron nearly three months ago. Suspect Jake T. Patterson was arrested without resistance thanks to information the girl provided, said Douglas County Sheriff Tom Dalbec during a news conference in Barron.

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